Imaro

First published in 1981, Imaro is a classic sword and sorcery fantasy set in a pre-colonial, alternate Africa. Forsaken, outcast, warrior . . . Abandoned as a child, Imarohas struggled for acceptance all his life among the warrior-herdsmen tribe, the Ilyassai. As his seeks answers and identity, his quest for acceptance leads him across the vast continent of Nyumbani as he discovers he has powerful enemies, both human and inhuman. Hunted by relentless foes, Imaro becomes the hunter and events preordained before his birth begin to unfold. Powers are stirring in Nyumbani, and Imaro learns that some of those powers are aligned against him. As he struggled to hold on to his hard-won acceptance, the warrior seeks the answer to the question that has haunted him all his life: Who am I?